High 7.5Published Oct 19, 2026

CVE-2026-12148IBM MQ Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:50 PM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, higher than 33% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

IBM MQ Operator could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code due to unrestricted Java deserialization in the MQ Classes for Java.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-502
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.40% (percentile 33)
Assigned by: ibm
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

IBM MQ Operator ibm:mq_operator (from the name)	from 3.2.0 through 3.2.29; from 3.3.0 before 3.4.0; 3.4.1; 3.5.0; from 3.5.1 through 3.5.3; from 3.6.0 through 3.6.4; from 3.7.0 through 3.7.2; 3.8.0; and 10 more ranges	CNA record
IBM MQ Advanced container images ibm:mq_advanced_container_images (from the name)	from 9.4.0.6-r1 through r1, 9.4.0.6-r2, 9.4.0.7-r1, 9.4.0.10-r1, 9.4.0.10-r2, 9.4.0.11-r1, 9.4.0.11-r2, 9.4.0.11-r3, 9.4.0.12-r1, 9.4.0.15-r1 - 9.4.0.15-r4, 9.4.0.16-r1, 9.4.0.16-r2, 9.4.0.17-r1, 9.4.0.17-r2, 9.4.0.20-r1, 9.4.0.21-r1, 9.4.0.21-r2, 9.4.0.25-r1 - 9.4.0.25-r3, 9.4.0.26-r1CD: 9.4.1.0-r1, 9.4.1.0-r2, 9.4.1.1-r1, 9.4.2.0-r1, 9.4.2.0-r2, 9.4.2.1-r1, 9.4.2.1-r2, 9.4.3.0-r1, 9.4.3.0-r2, 9.4.3.1-r1 - 9.4.3.1-r3, 9.4.4.0-r1 - 9.4.4.0-r4, 9.4.4.1-r1, 9.4.5.0-r1, 9.4.5.0-r2, 9.4.5.1-r1, 10.0.0.0-r1 - 10.0.0.0-r4, 10.0.0.5-r1LTS: 9.3.0.0-r1, 9.3.0.0-r2, 9.3.0.0-r3, 9.3.0.1-r1, 9.3.0.1-r2, 9.3.0.1-r3, 9.3.0.1-r4, 9.3.0.3-r1, 9.3.0.4-r1, 9.3.0.4-r2, 9.3.0.5-r1, 9.3.0.5-r2, 9.3.0.5-r3, 9.3.0.6-r1, 9.3.0.10-r1, 9.3.0.10-r2, 9.3.0.11-r1,9.3.0.11-r2, 9.3.0.15-r1, 9.3.0.16-r1, 9.3.0.16-r2, 9.3.0.17-r1, 9.3.0.17-r2, 9.3.0.17-r3, 9.3.0.20-r1, 9.3.0.20-r2, 9.3.0.21-r1, 9.3.0.21-r2, 9.3.0.21-r3, 9.3.0.25-r1, 9.4.0.0-r1, 9.4.0.0-r2, 9.4.0.0-r3, 9.4.0.5-r1, 9.4.0.5-r2; 9.4.0.6-r2; 9.4.0.7-r1; 9.4.0.10-r1; 9.4.0.10-r2; 9.4.0.11-r1; 9.4.0.11-r2; 9.4.0.11-r3; and 63 more ranges	CNA record
ibm mq_operator ibm:mq_operator	from 2.0.0 through 2.0.29; from 3.2.0 through 3.2.29; 3.3.0; 3.4.0; 3.4.1; 3.5.0; 3.5.1; 3.5.2; and 19 more ranges	NVD
ibm supplied_mq_advanced_container_images ibm:supplied_mq_advanced_container_images	9.4.1.0; 9.4.1.0; 9.4.1.1; 9.4.2.0; 9.4.2.0; 9.4.2.1; 9.4.2.1; 9.4.3.0; and 74 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7292667	vendor-advisory, patch

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